Abuja court jails fraudster seven years for defrauding American $205,238

TheEconomic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC), has actually protected the conviction and sentence of Nwachi Chidozie Kingsley for getting $205,238 from an American, Nicole Kierulff Sayers, under false pretense.

Justice U.P. Kekemeke of the Federal Capital Territory, FCT, High Court, Maitama, Abuja, founded guilty Kingsley on Thursday, October 29, 2026, and sentenced him to 7 years’ jail time on each of the 2 counts, without a choice of fine.

The sentences are to run simultaneously at Kuje Correctional Centre, Abuja.

The court likewise purchased Kingsley to reimburse the victim the amount of $205,238 (Two Hundred and Five Thousand, Two Hundred and Thirty-Eight United States Dollars).

Kingsley was prosecuted by the EFCC on a two-count changed charge verging on ownership of a file including false pretense and getting cash by false pretense in connection with a supposed agreement with the Federal Ministry of Works and Housing.

Among the charges implicated him of remaining in ownership of a phony notification of intent to award an agreement, apparently provided in his name by the Ministry. The 2nd count implicated him of getting $205,238 from Sayers under the false pretense that the cash was needed to fund a federal government agreement, understanding that the claim was incorrect.

While affirming before the court, Sayers, an American attorney based in the state of Oregon, United States, recognized Kingsley as the guy who called her on Facebook on her birthday.

“I understand the offender. The accused messaged me on Facebook on my birthday and he stated he belonged to the very same spiritual company as me,” she informed the court.

According to her, their discussions turned into a romantic relationship, which she stated made her trust him and think his claims.

Sayers informed the court that Kingsley consequently asked her for cash to help with the award of an agreement by the Federal Ministry of Works and Housing. He apparently declared that some guys were threatening his life since he had actually not supplied the cash needed to protect the agreement.

She stated Kingsley provided her with information of the supposed agreement, consisting of a logo design and other info, which she thought since she had actually established a psychological accessory to him.

The witness even more affirmed that Kingsley at first asked for $15,000, guaranteeing to pay back the cash within 45 days. She moved the cash to him through a cash transfer application.

According to Sayers, Kingsley consequently presented her to members of his household throughout a video call, throughout which they presumably thanked her for assisting him protect the supposed agreement.

She informed the court that she had actually moved around $40,000 to Kingsley before taking a trip to Nigeria to satisfy him personally.

Sayers stated she got here in Abuja March 2022 and invested 2 weeks with the accused at his leased home in Sun City, Abuja. She declared that she continued the relationship since she wished to recuperate her cash.

The witness even more declared that Kingsley consequently asked for extra funds for different functions, consisting of medical emergency situations, surgical treatments, malaria treatment and materials for the supposed federal government agreement.

She informed the court that the demands included more than 125 deals which the overall quantity she moved was, by her price quote, well over $200,000 within a 12-month duration.

Sayers likewise affirmed that Kingsley provided her with a file he declared was evidence that he had actually tried to move $10,000 to her.

According to her, he declared that the bank had actually obstructed the deal due to the fact that the cash was supposedly connected to the misappropriation of federal government funds, which he stated had actually led to his arrest and detention.

She even more declared that Kingsley asked her to offer cash for his bail and for kickbacks linked to the supposed criminal case.

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Sayers informed the court that she consistently asked Kingsley to reimburse her cash. According to her, he ultimately requested her bank information and guaranteed to move the cash the following day, however stopped working to do so.

She stated she later on understood that he would not pay back the cash.

At the conclusion of the prosecution’s case, counsel for the EFCC, Fatsuma Muhammad, advised the court to found guilty and sentence the offender in accordance with the law.

In his judgment, Justice Kekemeke discovered Kingsley guilty and sentenced him to jail time without an alternative of fine, with the regards to jail time to run simultaneously.

Dele Oyewale, mnipr, fcipdm

Head, Media & & Publicity

October 29, 2026

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